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We get a little bit of a break from snowfall midday before another round moves in during the late afternoon. Between 5 pm Friday and midnight Saturday will likely be the period of heaviest snowfall with another few inches of valley snowfall region-wide.

Missoula explains plans for road maintenance in snow

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Standing Rock Special Coverage

NBC Montana sent a crew to North Dakota for special coverage of Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline protest, which garnered international attention. Wednesday our crew finally returned home with a look at their experience in Standing Rock.

NBC Montana anchor Steve Fetveit and reporter Kevin Maki are currently across the river from the protesters’ camp. They say it’s a white-out, but neither the protesters or law enforcement are leaving the site. Sunday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it wanted the pipeline to be rerouted away from the Standing Rock reservation.

This video shows the Standing Rock camp where thousands have gathered to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. Our team in North Dakota reports law enforcement and protestors are still on the scene today, despite the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to re-route the pipeline.

Celebrations, tears of joy, chanting and drumming rang out among thousands of protesters after the US Army announced it will not -- for now -- allow developers to build a portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe here.

More than 1,000 Russian athletes across 30 sports -- including football -- benefited from state-sponsored doping, according to the latest findings of a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.